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Corporate governance and current regulation in the German banking sector : an overview and assessment

Köhler, Matthias - 2010

This paper gives an overview over corporate governance and banking regulation in Germany. Particular attention is put …, some of the recommendations and suggestions made to improve corporate governance in Germany are not legally binding even …

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Choosing from the reform menu card : individual determinants of labour market policy preferences

Heinemann, Friedrich (contributor); … - 2009

Germany. For that purpose we make use of the representative German General Social Survey (ALLBUS). This survey offers data to …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003806186

Individual determinants of social fairness assessments : the case of Germany

Bischoff, Ivo (contributor); … - 2008

selfinterest. We test this framework on representative survey data for Germany for the years 1991, 2000 and 2004. Our results …

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In search for the not-invented-here syndrome : the role of knowledge sources and firm success

Hussinger, Katrin; Wastyn, Annelies - 2011 - This version: June 2011

The not-invented-here (NIH) syndrome refers to internal resistance in a company against externally developed knowledge. In this paper, we argue that the occurrence of the NIH syndrome depends on the source of external knowledge and the success of the firm that aims at adapting external...

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Does codetermination affect the composition of variable versus fixed parts of executive compensation?

Dyballa, Katharina; Kraft, Kornelius - 2015

Contrary to previous literature we hypothesize that interests of labor may well – like that of shareholders – aim at securing the long-run survival of the firm. Consequently, employee representatives on the supervisory board could well have an interest in increasing incentive-based...

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Why hedge? : a critical review of theory and empirical evidence

Ammon, Norbert - 1998

Finance theory does not provide a comprehensive framework for explaining risk management within the imperfect financial … environment in which firms operate. Corporate managers, however, rank risk management as one of their most important objectives … literature and analyses the implications for risk management practice. It is distinguished between two competing approaches to …

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Is the welfare state self-destructive? : a study of government benefit morale

Heinemann, Friedrich (contributor) - 2007

Assar Lindbeck has pointed to the problem that generous welfare state institutions may in the long-run undermine those social norms which limit the costs and incentives effects of the welfare state and thus guarantee its viability. This study is the first to assess the empirical validity of...

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Exposure to television and individual beliefs : evidence from a natural experiment

Hennighausen, Tanja - 2012 - This version: October 2012

. Furthermore, this effect still persists several years after the German reunification. -- Media ; beliefs ; East Germany ; GSOEP …

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Carbon management : evidence from case studies of German firms under the EU ETS

Heindl, Peter; Lutz, Benjamin Johannes - 2012

This paper examines the management practices of German firms with obligations under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU …. The paper sheds light on management and trading practices, abatement behaviour, and the impact of the EU ETS on long …-term decisions, such as investment decisions or innovative capacity. The aim is to provide information on firm-internal management …

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Earnings losses after non-employment increase with age

Zwick, Thomas (contributor) - 2008

This paper shows that earnings losses after unemployment increase with age. First, older employees start out with relatively high earnings in comparison to employees without employment interruptions several years before the non-employment spell. This earnings advantage turns into a strong...

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